Today We Feature COVID-19 Heroes And Helpers
Today is an EXTRA SPECIAL #FeatureFriday! Today we feature COVID-19 heroes and helpers. COVID-19 has been a weird time, BUT there are so many wonderful humans out there who are helping to battle this pandemic. Whether they are working directly with patients, keeping families safe, making masks, or just doing a kind deed for someone else. Read on to hear about the heroes who were nominated by their family and friends!
Mariana
NOMINATED BY: Daughter, Genevieve
ABOUT: “My mom is a pulmonologist and critical care physician. With 40 COVID-19 patients on ventilators in her ICU, she is up close and personal with the disease that many of us do our best to avoid daily.”
Izzie
NOMINATED BY: Sister, Genevieve
ABOUT: “Izzie is an Army Nurse currently working in a COVID-19 field hospital!”
*Read more HERE about how US Army Reserve medics and nurses like Izzie are deploying to some of the regions of the country most affected by the coronavirus.
Rebecca
NOMINATED BY: Sister, Allison
ABOUT: “My sister is a frontline nurse at John Hopkins working on a full COVID-19 unit. She also helps people with their fitness because she is a badass. Not sure who else could juggle it all right now!”
Robbie
NOMINATED BY: Wife, Alisan
ABOUT: “My amazing husband works hard as an anesthesiologist. I am thankful for him every day but I know that many more are thankful for him during these difficult times. My forever hero.”
Rebecca
NOMINATED BY: Friend, Me
ABOUT: “Rebecca has made 80+ adult masks for essential employees and island community via her company Martha’s Vineyard Community Services. Additionally, they just got the green light to open up the preschool for families with essential employees, so Rebecca is hard at work making masks for the kids in order to open on Monday!”
*You can find her DIY face mask tutorial on @mvcommunityservices Instagram HERE.
Marissa
NOMINATED BY: Sister, Me
ABOUT: “Marissa’s WIC team at Lorain County Public Health continues to work very hard to make sure that women, infants, and children still have access to healthy supplemental foods during COVID-19. They have adjusted their protocols to keep families safe and healthy. All appointments are phone-based and they are offering curbside WIC card loads so that people don’t have to get out of their car to get their food put on their card. Marissa and her team are also continuing to provide breastfeeding support via video for moms-in-need!”
*Click HERE to learn more about how the WIC team at Lorain County Public Health is working hard to make sure moms are empowered to continue to breastfeeding during COVID-19.
The Mount Sinai Hospital Acute Care Rehabilitation Therapy Team
NOMINATED BY: Team member, Jackie
ABOUT: “The Mount Sinai Hospital Acute Care Rehabilitation Therapy Team is made up of occupational, physical, and speech therapists treating patients on their road to recovery with COVID-19. Therapists are teaching them how to stand, walk, perform self-care tasks, cognition, and to swallow food/liquid again after their lengthy hospital stays. With therapy, patients are getting better and discharging home!”
Aly
NOMINATED BY: Me
ABOUT: Aly currently works in one of the COVID ICUs at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. On a day to day basis, Aly and her team are taking care of some of the most critically ill patients in the state, most of which are on mechanical ventilators. “While the work can be exhausting and heartbreaking, we are all pushing through and doing our best to help these patients recover. Our team is relying on our amazing teamwork and positivity to get us through these trying times!”
Mike
NOMINATED BY: Friend, Liz
ABOUT: “The handsome guy on the right is Mike, my friend RJ’s fiancé. Mike is a doctor working tirelessly on the frontlines of COVID-19.”
Leader Graphics
NOMINATED BY: Graphic Designer, Eben
ABOUT: “Leader Graphics is producing and donating masks and protective covers to help keep health care workers safe during COVID-19. Leader Graphics and Gannon University made and donated about 800 face shields to AHN Saint Vincent Hospital.” Read more HERE.
“Additionally, due to high demand, Leader Graphics now has an online store featuring protective products to help battle COVID-19 including masks, face shields, signage for hospitals and stores, and more.” Visit their online store HERE.
HAR Adhesive Technologies
NOMINATED BY: Graphic Designer, Eben
ABOUT: “Over the past few weeks, HAR has produced and given away nearly 8,000 bottles of a WHO-approved sanitizer to family, customers, friends, and local agencies. At 8oz per bottle, this is valued at well over $100,000 in complementary sanitizer. Additionally, they established a HAR sponsored GoFundMe account with 100% of the proceeds going directly to a special fund for the Cleveland Clinic. The money will be used specifically for conducting research on COVID-19 to identify better testing, patient treatment and care, and possible vaccines.”
Joe Cerino, President of HAR said, “Throughout this time of pause, I have been extremely proud of the entire team here at HAR.”
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